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Some People are Hearing 'Yanny' and Others 'Laurel' In This Audio Clip (trunc)
Time ^ | May 16, 2018 | CASEY QUACKENBUSH

Posted on 05/17/2018 1:26:19 PM PDT by Jane Long

There’s a new debate storming the internet that’s reminiscent of the furor over that white and gold dress back in 2015 (or was it blue and back?) People are torn over an audio clip of a computer-generated voice, with some listeners saying they hear the word ‘Laurel’ in a deep male voice, and others saying they hear ‘Yanny’ in a higher-pitch. The recording went viral after it first surfaced on Reddit earlier this week. It was later posted on Twitter, where it has been liked more than 50,000 times and stoked a fierce debate.....

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: frfun; jayaubreyjones; laurel; tricky; trumptweet; whichdoyouhear; yanni; yannilaurel; yanny
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Some People Are Hearing the Word 'Yanny' and Others 'Laurel' in This Audio Clip. It's Stoking a Fierce Debate

What say you? Yanny or Laurel?

1 posted on 05/17/2018 1:26:19 PM PDT by Jane Long
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To: Jane Long

Link to audio is in article and here....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXRoQGHx-80


2 posted on 05/17/2018 1:26:29 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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If you play it backwards it is always Satan.


3 posted on 05/17/2018 1:27:52 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: Jane Long

Yanny...


4 posted on 05/17/2018 1:29:03 PM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: C19fan

Doesn’t everything??? :-)


5 posted on 05/17/2018 1:30:07 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Liz; onyx; NIKK; Lakeside Granny; DollyCali; KC_Lion; hoosiermama; Rusty0604; exit82; ...

Just for fun ping....


6 posted on 05/17/2018 1:30:29 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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I hear “YAMMY”

Not Yanny
Not Laurel
Not Flugrop


7 posted on 05/17/2018 1:31:02 PM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: Jane Long

I hear, GET BACK TO WORK!


8 posted on 05/17/2018 1:31:05 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: Lazamataz

Yo Yammy?


9 posted on 05/17/2018 1:31:53 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Jane Long

A friend played it for me this morning.

Honest to Pete, I heard “Larry”.


10 posted on 05/17/2018 1:32:33 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: NohSpinZone

Ah, man....always a killjoy, in every group ;-)


11 posted on 05/17/2018 1:32:37 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

That’s hilarious, Larry.


12 posted on 05/17/2018 1:33:06 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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What does Siri think it is?


13 posted on 05/17/2018 1:33:11 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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I hear Yanny..have NOT heard Laurel once..not sure why people are hearing Laurel its obviously Yanny :-)


14 posted on 05/17/2018 1:33:14 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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15 posted on 05/17/2018 1:33:23 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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16 posted on 05/17/2018 1:34:10 PM PDT by ethom
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To: Jane Long

Truthfully, I heard “Yanny” on FoxNews on my television, but I heard “Laurel” on FoxNews on XM in my truck.


17 posted on 05/17/2018 1:34:18 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: Jane Long

18 posted on 05/17/2018 1:34:28 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Sarah Barracuda
I hear Laurel.

Coworkers and friends are mixed.

All are listening to same audio/same time, when testing. 🤷🏼‍♀️

19 posted on 05/17/2018 1:34:39 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Larry Lucido

“What did he say”?


20 posted on 05/17/2018 1:35:27 PM PDT by gathersnomoss
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